Minimum commuting distance as a spatial characteristic in a non-monocentric urban system: The case of Flanders

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-65

  Boussauw, Kobe ^a   Neutens, Tijs ^a   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Excess commuting; Flanders; Spatial proximity; Sustainable spatial development

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SITE; URBAN SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 79251647654     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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